Articles filed under Computer Crime
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Rip-off recap: These were the top 10 scams of 2024Jan 10, 2025 5:15 am - Online shopping scams topped the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois' annual list of most frequently reported rip-offs for the fifth consecutive year, followed by phishing and employment scams.
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Des Plaines resident scammed out of cryptocurrency investment, police sayJan 06, 2025 2:43 pm - A Des Plaines resident lost a cryptocurrency investment worth about $5,000 to a scammer, police said Monday.
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American Water cyberattack renews focus on protecting critical infrastructureOct 09, 2024 8:50 am - A cyberattack continues to affect the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States, renewing a focus on the importance of protecting critical infrastructure sites.
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Police: Substitute teacher faces child pornography chargesSep 19, 2024 8:39 pm - A Libertyville man who worked as a substitute teacher is charged with possessing child sexual abuse images, police said Thursday.
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Man charged with sexually abusing child two decades ago in Fox LakeSep 17, 2024 5:48 pm - A 78-year-old Wisconsin man faces 18 felony charges alleging he sexually abused a minor and produced child pornography more than 20 years ago while living in Fox Lake.
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DuPage state’s attorney’s office, Secret Service sting shuts down 350 fraudulent investment websitesMay 06, 2024 1:12 pm - A recent joint sting operation conducted by the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office and the United States Secret Service, along with DuPage County’s IT Department, re...
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Des Plaines woman loses $8,000 to man posing as federal agent, police sayApr 09, 2024 3:41 pm - A man posing as a federal agent scammed a Des Plaines woman out of $8,000 last week, police said. The impostor called the woman on April 5 and said he was with U.S. Custo...
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‘A true hero’: Injuries force police dog Dax to retire after storied 9-year careerApr 05, 2024 5:15 am - A month after suffering serious injuries while tracking down a suspected car thief, renowned Lake County sheriff’s police dog Dax is turning in his badge. “There is no wa...
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Naperville residents have lost $750K to crypto scams this month. Here’s how to avoid falling preyMar 15, 2024 5:15 am - Last week, while police departments across the suburbs were urging citizens to “Slam the Scam” as part of a national anti-fraud campaign, investigators in Naperville were...
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Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to leaking military secretsMar 04, 2024 12:04 pm - BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to leaking highly classified military documents about the wa...
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